Description
Creamy, spicy, slightly sweet. This recipe combines the tang and spice of hot honey chicken with the smooth decadent creaminess of a parmesan roux-based sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 package of spaghetti or pasta of choice
- 5 cloves garlic
For chicken:
- 10 chicken tenders (chicken’s the star so I leave them whole)
- 1 TB Nashville hot chicken seasoning
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1TB chicken maggie
- 1/4 cup hot sauce (I used Franks)
- 1/4 cup honey
For parmesan dill sauce:
- 2 cups of milk
- 1 TB flour
- 2TB butter
- 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan
- 4 sprigs fresh dill
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp italian seasoning
Instructions
- Season chicken with Nashville hot chicken seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, & chicken maggie.
- Drizzle oil in pan and heat to medium-high. Add chopped garlic and chicken and brown on all sides. (About 3 mins per side) then cover, lower heat a bit, and cook for another 5 mins. Remove from pan and store for later.
- In same pan, add butter until melted, then flour, stirring continuously until slightly toasted (about 1-2 mins)
- Add one cup of milk, stirring continuously until smooth and starting to thicken. Add remaining milk repeating stirring process.
- Take your milk/flour off the heat altogether and stir in Parmesan 1/4 cup at a time until you have a smooth cheesy sauce. Add chopped dill, and some garlic and onion powder.
- Melt hot sauce and honey together in a separate pan and add some garlic powder and Italian seasoning. Can add fresh garlic here too.
- Once fully incorporated toss your chicken in the sauce.
- Make pasta according to package instructions (don’t forget to salt the water)
- Add pasta to pan with creamy dill sauce and toss until thoroughly coated. Pour all the chicken and sauce in too and mix together.
- Top with more dill, Parmesan, Nashville hot seasoning, and a drizzle of honey.
Notes
For gluten free:
You can make the sauce with just heavy whipping cream and parmesan if you don’t like a roux based sauce or want to make gluten free. Use 1 cup of heavy whipping cream and 1/2 cup parmesan.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: Fusion
Keywords: hot honey chicken, alfredo, pasta recipe, creamy pasta, quick